Chicken and tofu donburi

Chicken and tofu donburi
Daikon and carrots simmered in donburi sauce
Stir fried bok choy and shiitake mushrooms
Japanese rice noodles

Grilled Stemple Creek Ranch sirloin tip steak

Anja's Choice: Birthday Week

Grilled Stemple Creek Ranch sirloin tip steak
Spinach salad with Bosc pears, cranberries, red onion, and toasted hazelnuts
Mashed potatoes with gravy

Garden-style cavatappi

Garden-style cavatappi

New: garden-style cavatappi (based on garden-style whole wheat pappardelle by Lidia Bastianich in "Pasta Calendar," Food & Wine, January 1992)

Black bean tart

Black bean tart
Salad with asparagus, red onions, and goat cheese

Regular: black bean tart

Chicken drumsticks in mole sauce

Chicken drumsticks in mole sauce
Oven roasted cauliflower
Rice

Slow-baked salmon with lemon and thyme

Slow-baked salmon with lemon and thyme
Pan-fried sand dabs
Sauteed zucchini
Cornbread

Green gruel with eyeballs

Happy day after Halloween!

Green gruel with eyeballs
Aidell's chicken & apple mini sausages*
Garlic bread from Semifreddi's ciabatta roll and wheat panini*

New: green gruel with eyeballs (by Matthew Mead, in Matthew Mead's Monster Book of Halloween, October 2009, on epicurious.com)